WTPC-TV (channel 21) is a religious television station licensed to Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). The station's transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia. History The station signed on March 26, 2006 as WHRE. It was originally owned by Copeland Channel 21, LLC, but has always been programmed by TBN. TBN filed to purchase the station outright in May 2010. WHRE added the -TV suffix on August 26, 2010. The call letters were changed to WTPC-TV on November 15, 2010. Technical information Subchannels Analog-to-digital conversion WTPC-TV (as WHRE) shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on February 17, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation to VHF channel 7. Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997. The station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station, using PSIP to display WTPC-TV's virtual channel as 21 on digital television receivers. References External links TBN official website Trinity Broadcasting Network affiliates Television channels and stations established in 2006 2006 establishments in Virginia TPC-TV Mass media in Virginia Beach, Virginia